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History - American

From revolution and republic to slavery, civil war, and the shaping of a continent, this bookshelf sweeps through the drama of American history in voices that still thunder today. Founding documents, battlefield memories, frontier journeys, and Frederick Douglass’s searing testimony come together in a story of ideals tested by conflict and change. Step in for a vivid ride through the struggles, landscapes, and turning points that forged the United States.

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By Canoe and Dog Train Among The Cree and Salteaux Indians

By Canoe and Dog Train Among The Cree and Salteaux Indians

by Egerton Ryerson Young

The Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan

by Annie Cooper Burton

Address of President Roosevelt on the Occasion of the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts, August 20, 1907

Address of President Roosevelt on the Occasion of the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts, August 20, 1907

by Theodore Roosevelt

Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer; Or, A Drummer Boy from Maine

Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer; Or, A Drummer Boy from Maine

by George T. Ulmer

Memoirs of an American Lady With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution

Memoirs of an American Lady With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution

by Anne MacVicar Grant

The American Missionary — Volume 39, No. 02, February, 1885

The American Missionary — Volume 39, No. 02, February, 1885

by Various Authors

The Relations of the Federal Government to Slavery Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860

The Relations of the Federal Government to Slavery Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860

by Joseph K. (Joseph Ketchum) Edgerton

Confederate wizards of the saddle being reminiscences and observations of one who rode with Morgan

Confederate wizards of the saddle being reminiscences and observations of one who rode with Morgan

by Bennett H. (Bennett Henderson) Young

State of the Union Addresses

State of the Union Addresses

by Martin Van Buren

The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815

The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815

by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig

Southern Soldier Stories

Southern Soldier Stories

by George Cary Eggleston

El derecho internacional americano; estudio doctrinal y crítico

El derecho internacional americano; estudio doctrinal y crítico

by Felix Stoerk

State of the Union Addresses

State of the Union Addresses

by Chester Alan Arthur

Giles Corey, Yeoman: A Play

Giles Corey, Yeoman: A Play

by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

From Yauco to Las Marias A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan

From Yauco to Las Marias A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan

by Karl Stephen Herrman

Perry's Saints; Or, The Fighting Parson's Regiment in the War of the Rebellion

Perry's Saints; Or, The Fighting Parson's Regiment in the War of the Rebellion

by James Moses Nichols

A Day with a Tramp, and Other Days

A Day with a Tramp, and Other Days

by Walter A. (Walter Augustus) Wyckoff

Governor William Bradford's letter book

Governor William Bradford's letter book

by William Bradford

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens

by George Washington Williams

Impressions of America During the Years 1833, 1834 and 1835. Volume 1 (of 2)

Impressions of America During the Years 1833, 1834 and 1835. Volume 1 (of 2)

by Tyrone Power

Frenzied Finance, Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated

Frenzied Finance, Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated

by Thomas William Lawson

The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2)

The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2)

by Dean C. (Dean Conant) Worcester

A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin Presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded. Together with corroborative statements verifying the truth of the work.

A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin Presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded. Together with corroborative statements verifying the truth of the work.

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States

Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States

by Cyrus Thomas

Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 1

Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 1

by Prinz von Maximilian Wied

Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains

Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains

by Washington Irving

A History of American Christianity

A History of American Christianity

by Leonard Woolsey Bacon

History of Kershaw's Brigade With Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc.

History of Kershaw's Brigade With Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc.

by D. A. (David Augustus) Dickert

The Life of Francis Marion

The Life of Francis Marion

by William Gilmore Simms

Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast

Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast

by James Fowler Rusling

The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776

The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776

by Theodore Roosevelt

Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland

Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland

by Frederick Tilberg

The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 2 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private

The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 2 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private

by Thomas Jefferson

Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.

Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863

The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863

by Abraham Lincoln

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 5

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 5

by United States. Work Projects Administration

History of the United States, Volume 2

History of the United States, Volume 2

by Elisha Benjamin Andrews

A Plea for Captain John Brown Read to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine

A Plea for Captain John Brown Read to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine

by Henry David Thoreau

Waterways of Westward Expansion - The Ohio River and its Tributaries

Waterways of Westward Expansion - The Ohio River and its Tributaries

by Archer Butler Hulbert

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2: November 1863-June 1865

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2: November 1863-June 1865

by Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson) Cox

Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1

Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1

by Samuel J. (Samuel Jones) Tilden

Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together With Observations on the Manners of the Indians.

Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together With Observations on the Manners of the Indians.

by William Bartram

Four Years a Scout and Spy "General Bunker", One of Lieut. General Grant's Most Daring and Successful Scouts, Being a Narrative of ... the Experience of Corporal Ruggles During Four Years' Service as a Scout and Spy for the Federal Army

Four Years a Scout and Spy "General Bunker", One of Lieut. General Grant's Most Daring and Successful Scouts, Being a Narrative of ... the Experience of Corporal Ruggles During Four Years' Service as a Scout and Spy for the Federal Army

by E. C. (Edward C.) Downs

Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures.

Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures.

by William F. Howe, Abraham H. Hummel

James Otis, the Pre-Revolutionist

James Otis, the Pre-Revolutionist

by John Clark Ridpath, G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam, Charles K. (Charles Keyser) Edmunds

Bacon's Rebellion, 1676

Bacon's Rebellion, 1676

by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2

The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2

by United States. Constitutional Convention (1787), James Madison

A Century of Dishonor A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes

A Century of Dishonor A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes

by Helen Hunt Jackson

The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851

The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851

by Various Authors

With the Doughboy in France: A Few Chapters of an American Effort

With the Doughboy in France: A Few Chapters of an American Effort

by Edward Hungerford

The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity

The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity

by William Wells Brown

Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West

Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West

by Austin Steward

The Story of Pocahontas

The Story of Pocahontas

by Charles Dudley Warner

Herbert Hoover: The Man and His Work

Herbert Hoover: The Man and His Work

by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg

The Secrets of the Great City A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the Vices, the Mysteries, Miseries and Crimes of New York City

The Secrets of the Great City A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the Vices, the Mysteries, Miseries and Crimes of New York City

by James Dabney McCabe

The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, Massachusetts

The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, Massachusetts

by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks

The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country

The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country

by Henry Mann

De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome deuxième

De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome deuxième

by Alexis de Tocqueville

Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty

Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty

by Allen Johnson

Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854)

Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854)

The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion

The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion

by Walt Whitman

William Penn

William Penn

by George Hodges

Greater Greece and Greater Britain; and, George Washington, the Expander of England. Two Lectures with an Appendix

Greater Greece and Greater Britain; and, George Washington, the Expander of England. Two Lectures with an Appendix

by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Freeman

The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones

The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones

by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

A Journey to America in 1834

A Journey to America in 1834

by Robert Heywood

A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, An Essay on Slavery

A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, An Essay on Slavery

by A. Woodward

Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and Civilization

Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and Civilization

by Lewis Mumford

Lafayette, We Come! The Story of How a Young Frenchman Fought for Liberty in America and How America Now Fights for Liberty in France

Lafayette, We Come! The Story of How a Young Frenchman Fought for Liberty in America and How America Now Fights for Liberty in France

by Rupert Sargent Holland

Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada

Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada

by Cadwallader Colden, Great Britain. Board of Trade, Great Britain. Privy Council, New York (Colony). Council

True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons

True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons

by Cleveland Moffett

The New South: A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution

The New South: A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution

by Holland Thompson

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

by Various Authors

Report on the Condition of the South

Report on the Condition of the South

by Carl Schurz

Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume II., Part 3

Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume II., Part 3

by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

The Jefferson-Lemen Compact The Relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois and Northern Territory with Related Documents 1781-1818

The Jefferson-Lemen Compact The Relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois and Northern Territory with Related Documents 1781-1818

by Willard C. (Willard Carey) MacNaul

Beauvoir: Jefferson Davis Shrine

Beauvoir: Jefferson Davis Shrine

by United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mississippi Division

Dictionnaire François—Onontagué

Dictionnaire François—Onontagué

by John Gilmary Shea

New York

New York

by James Fenimore Cooper

Speech of John Hossack, Convicted of a Violation of the Fugitive Slave Law Before Judge Drummond, Of The United States District Court, Chicago, Ill.

Speech of John Hossack, Convicted of a Violation of the Fugitive Slave Law Before Judge Drummond, Of The United States District Court, Chicago, Ill.

by John Hossack

The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.

The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.

by John West

Debts hopeful and desperate : Financing the Plymouth Colony

Debts hopeful and desperate : Financing the Plymouth Colony

by Ruth A. McIntyre

Nos Hommes et Notre Histoire Notices biographiques accompagnées de reflexions et de souvenirs personnels

Nos Hommes et Notre Histoire Notices biographiques accompagnées de reflexions et de souvenirs personnels

by Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes

Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter

Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter

by Israel Potter

State of the Union Addresses

State of the Union Addresses

by Andrew Johnson

Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 2, Part 6

Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 2, Part 6

by Philip Henry Sheridan

Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 1, Part 2

Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 1, Part 2

by Philip Henry Sheridan

Personal recollections and experiences concerning the Battle of Stone River

Personal recollections and experiences concerning the Battle of Stone River

by Milo S. Hascall

The Story of John Paul Jones

The Story of John Paul Jones

by Chelsea Curtis Fraser

Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher: A Discourse

Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher: A Discourse

by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

The American Missionary — Volume 37, No. 3, March, 1883

The American Missionary — Volume 37, No. 3, March, 1883

by Various Authors

A reply to "The affectionate and Christian address of many thousands of women of Great Britain and Ireland, to their sisters, the women of the United States of America."

A reply to "The affectionate and Christian address of many thousands of women of Great Britain and Ireland, to their sisters, the women of the United States of America."

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Reminiscences, Incidents, Battles, Marches and Camp Life of the Old 4th Michigan Infantry in War of Rebellion, 1861 to 1864

Reminiscences, Incidents, Battles, Marches and Camp Life of the Old 4th Michigan Infantry in War of Rebellion, 1861 to 1864

by Orvey S. Barrett

Slaveholding Weighed in the Balance of Truth, and Its Comparative Guilt Illustrated

Slaveholding Weighed in the Balance of Truth, and Its Comparative Guilt Illustrated

by Charles Fitch

The journal of prison discipline and philanthropy (New series, No. 57), March, 1918

The journal of prison discipline and philanthropy (New series, No. 57), March, 1918

by Pennsylvania Prison Society

Nord contre sud

Nord contre sud

by Jules Verne

Anthony Wayne, 1745-1796

Anthony Wayne, 1745-1796

by Randolph C. (Randolph Chandler) Downes, Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County

Canal Reminiscences Recollections of Travel in the Old Days on the James River & Kanawha Canal

Canal Reminiscences Recollections of Travel in the Old Days on the James River & Kanawha Canal

by George William Bagby

Fifty years in Wall Street

Fifty years in Wall Street

by Henry Clews

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919

by Various Authors

A Woman who went to Alaska

A Woman who went to Alaska

by May Kellogg Sullivan